inHerit Logo

TERRACE, 10 NAIRN STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

23403

Location

10 Nairn St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1880

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Sep 2000 Level 2

Level 2

The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of considerable cultural heritage significance in its own right within the context of Fremantle and its conservation is a priority.

Statement of Significance

This place has aesthetic and historic significance as a remnant of pre gold boom residential development in Fremantle. Part of a group of remnant residential buildings in Collie, Nairn and Essex Street.

Physical Description

Terrace, 8-12 Nairn Street is a single storey terrace with rendered walls and terracotta low pitched hipped roof (one rendered chimney) extending over the verandah. The west side of the façade has an additional section of the building that fronts onto pavement, without a verandah and has a higher roof. The verandah has rendered balustrades with engaged piers and columns above.

History

Nairn Street was named for Major William Nairn of 46th Regiment, original grantee of land in Grass Valley, east of Northam.
Terrace, 8-12 Nairn Street is a row of 3 cottages on lots 445 & Pt 444 dating from c1880. Eureka Mill adjacent at no. 6 owned the cottages c1900, followed by A E Davies c1908-1926. There is a full title search in Fremantle Local History Collection Files.
Currently (2002), residential.

Condition

Good

Creation Date

16 Aug 2010

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

28 Feb 2020

Disclaimer

BESbswy